Water-cooler.



D. HOWARTH.

l WATER APPLIOATION FILED JULY 2a. 190e.

COOLER.

Patented Deo. 15,1908.

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WATER COOLER.

APYLIOATION FILED JULY 2a. 1906.

907,052. Patent-,ed Dec. 15,1908,

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INVENTORl WITNESSES:

DENNIS HOWRTH, 0F CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

WafrmtoooLER.

Specification oi' Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 15, 1908.

Application lled July 28, i906. Serial No. 328,149.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knovvn that I, DnNNrs Honnn'rn, a citizen of the United States,residing atChester, in the county of Delaware and State ot Pennsylvania,have invented a certain new and useful. Improvement in Water-Coolers, ofwhich the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in Water coolers orheaters and filters, and has ior its obiect tc so construct a watercooler or heater so to provide a space for the ice and a separatereservoir for drinking Water and a lter through which this drinkingWater 'must before reach ing the reservoir, and also to provide meansfor drawing oil the drippings from the ice When occasion re uires. p

With these en s in view, this invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of eiements hereinafter set forth and thenspeciiically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled. in the art to which this inventionappertains may underlstand how to make and use the same, I will describeits construction in detail, referring by letter to the accompanyingdraWin formin a part of this specification, in Whiiigure 1 is a verticalsection of a cooler made in accordance With my improvement. Fig. 2, asimilar view showing a slight modifi cation in which the upper icereceptacle is omitted. Fig. 3, a similar view of a still furthermodi'tication in which the side door, upper ice receptacle and uppercooling box is omitted. l

In carryingf out .my invention as embodied in Fi l, A represents thecasing having a door arranged thereto to close an o enlng in the side ofthe casing through Whic various articles may be placed within the casingfor cooling purposes.

C re resents the filtered Water reservoir which as connectedtherewiththe supply pipe D, the latter terminating at the to in a socket E inwhich the neck of a bottle may be inserted, and this socket ispreferably pro vided with an elastic or com ressible washer G tofacilitate the insertion o the neck of thc bottle and also to preventleakage atI this C, is supported above th bottom of' casing A, by meansof inverted V-s'haped supports A', to provide space in which the end ota faucet K is received.

II represents a filter tube in which any c( suitable filtering materialmay be placed, and this tube is readily inserted Within the sup-` plyAipe D so that the drinking Water supplied) from the bottle F must firstpass throu h this filtering material before reaching tie reservoir C,and in so doing it Will bc nried. The filter tube H may be provide witha bail I by which it may be readily Withdrawn from the pipe D.

J is a faucet for Withdrawin the ltered Wa- 7o ter from the reservoir,and also rovide'a faucet K for drawing ofi the dri' pings from the icewhen occasion requires, ut in prac-l tico I prefer to let thesedrippings accumulate in the bottom of the casing until the level receivevarious articles to be kept cool, and

the door N is provided for access to this space. Access to icereceptacle L, is had by removing the top L', thereof.

O is a drain pipe leading Ifrom the ice receptacle to the lower portionof the casing so 9o as to drain oii the drippings from the ice.

In Fig. 2 I have shown a slightly modified form of my invention in whichthe space M is omitted, the ice rece tacle L being closed by the lip Phinged to t e top of the Casin and may j e loany suitable number ofracks cated within the casing below t e ice receptacle for holdinarticles to be cooled. InFig. 3`I Iiave shown a` lfurther slightmodication of my invention in which the 10o door B is omitted as well asthe ice rec-opta# cle L and spaces M, and in this construction 'the iceis placed directly in the casing resting upon the reservoir C.

It is obvious that instead f arranging the socket E for the reception ofa bottle from Which to draw the Water' to be filtered, a suit ablecoupling lmay be provided at this point by which the service p1 es of abuildinu may be attached directly to t e supply pipe D, and 11u vcrtedV-shaped supports seating on the'cesit is also obvious that 'otherslight modifications may be made Without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what l claim as new anduseful, 1s-

A Water cooler consisting of a, casing, a 'Water reservoir consisting ofit horizontal part spaced from the bottom of said casing, in-

ing bottom and engaging said part, n, vertical supply pi )e connected tothe roer of seid horizonteJ crt and having its top end formed with asociet, semi-circular in cross section which extends to the exterior ofthe top of the casing, e compressible Washer circular in cross sectionseatlng in said socket and pro- 'eating on the socket interior to,support a ottle neck et oints spaced from the top of seid socket, a'aucet extending through the casing and into seid horizontal part of thereservoir and a second faucet extending through the casing and into saidspace between. the horizomel part of the reservoir and the casingbottom.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

DENNIS HOWARTH.

Witnesses:

WALTER Q. ARNOLD, JAs. C. BAKER.

